​Maternal & Child Health


​Project
​Granting Agency
​Principal Investigator
​Duration
​Antenatal and post natal research (ARC) collective
​VITAL Pakistan Trust
​Zahra Hoodbhoy
​30/06/2020 to 30/04/2024
​MOMI Biorepository Platform: AMANHI Pakistan
​Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
​Fyezah Jehan
​23/10/2020 to 31/03/2024
​The neurodevelopment impact of environment on early life years
​Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
​Sidra Kaleem
​01/11/2021 to 30/11/2026
​Establishing Maternal Anemia definitions and etiologies in LMIC
​Kintampo Health Research Centre
​Imran Nisar
​01/01/2022 to 30/09/2024
​Molecular Diagnostics Core Facility for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health
​University of Virginia
​Sonia Qureshi 
​01/01/2022 to 29/02/2024
​Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) Network
​UT Southwestern Medical Center
​Momin Kazi
​01/06/2022 to 30/06/2024
​Feasibility Assessment for SDR in KP Province, Pakistan-Workstream B​
​Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
​Shabina Ariff
​01/07/2022 to 31/12/2023​
​Carrier screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy in peri-urban setting in Karachi, Pakistan
​URC-AKU
​Bushra Afroze
​01/10/2022 to 30/04/2023
​Comprehensive Profiling of Social Mixing Patterns in Resource Poor Countries 
​Emory University
​Momin Kazi
​01/12/2022 to 31/03/2024
​Implementation Adaptation and Effectiveness of Early Childhood Newborn Parenting Education Program at Primary Health Care Facilities of Pakistan: A Feasibility Study
​Aga Khan Foundation, Pakistan
​Shelina Bhamani
​01/01/2023 to 31/10/2024
​MEM Vedanta DAC Trial Planning Grant

​Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
​Fyezah Jehan
​13/06/2023 to 31/01/2024
​Integrated Disaster Response Program team meeting
​CETE
​Kishwar Enam
& Adina Sajjad
​01/07/2023 to 31/12/2024
​Global Scales for Early Development (GSED) Project – next steps
​WHO
​Imran Nisar
​15/07/2023 to 31/12/2023
​PRISMA 2.0 – Pakistan
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
​Zahra Hoodbhoy
​21/07/2023 to 31/12/2025
​Studying the factors associated with adverse health outcomes for mothers and young children through the AMANHI cohort
​WHO
​Fyezah Jehan
​25/09/2023 to 31/12/2023
​Investigating early peripheral miRNA biomarkers for intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) due to fetal hypoxia in a cohort of pregnant women admitted to the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
​URC-AKU
​Waqasuddin Khan
​27/09/2023 to 26/09/2025
​Pre-intervention survey of infant feeding practices at BRANCH study (Breastfeeding counseling and management of growth in early infancy in Pakistan
​WHO
​Fyezah Jehan
​07/11/2023 to 14/12/2023
​Randomized double blind, non-inferiority trial of azithromycin
​Medical Research Council
​Farah Qamar
​01/01/2024 to 31/12/2026
​Perinatal Transmission of MDR Gram-negatives and Infant Health
​NIH
Fyezah Jehan​​01/07/2024 to 30/06/2029
​Integrated Disaster Response Program team meeting
​Dept. of Paediatrics
Anita Zaidi &
Ali Saleem 
​Ongoing
​KidsBrainIT-2
​MRC
​Qalab-e-Abbas
​TBD
​Nutritional support for pregnant and lactating women to improve birth and growth outcomes in a peri-urban slum of Karachi, Pakistan – a Randomized Controlled Trial
​VITAL Pakistan Trust
​Fyezah Jehan
​01/04/2018 to 31/03/2024
​The Nutritional Management of  Moderate Wasting in Children 6-24 months of age with acute illness (NUTRI-MAM Trial)
​WHO
​Farah Qamar
​01/03/2022 to 31/12/2025
​Nutritional management of growth faltering in infants aged under six months in Asia and Africa. Study protocol for an individually randomised trial
​WHO
​Fyezah Jehan
​01/04/2023 to 31/12/2023​